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19 December 2019PatentsSarah Morgan

Brazil IP office ‘privatisation’ plan causes uproar

Associations in Brazil have criticised plans to merge the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (INPI) with a quasi-private organisation, enabling financial autonomy from the government.

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